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Thanks! Well looks like I made a little mistake getting home. I took the bus from Port Authority as I always have but turns out the one I boarded was going a different route at the end and I got off in Passaic. Luckily one of my good friends lives there and he drove me home. I will show pics of the autos in the morning.

Well right now I just got on the bus to NY. I'm going to Darryl Strawberry's restaurant in Queens. Him, Doc Gooden (cancelled), Kevin Mitchell and couple other 86 Mets along with former punter Sean Landeta and DJ Clue. They are having this community day. I was really thinking if I should go or not for the past week, main thing is it's all the way in Queens and it would be a trip for me and I couldn't get anyone to go with me. But this would be a great chance at getting guys like Mitchell, Barry Lyons and Terry Leach. It was also announced Bud Harrelson would be there too so that pushed my intent to go along with DJ Clue. I really hope this goes great, I have a lot of fun and I can leave a little early. Wish me luck....

Well it went pretty well. I got most of the guys I needed early and quickly. I printed.an 8x10 for DJ Clue but he never showed. I checked his twitter and he brought his talents to South Beach. They were all fantastic to meet, especially Lyons and Leach.

Looks like you did well. I was going to go, but changed my mind last minute.

Mike

Well I'd been debating if I should goto the Newark Bears last night and since chances of rain and storms were lowering, I decided to. Also I've been waiting for cards I ordered of Myron Leslie and Jackals coach Ed Ott. They didn't come yesterday or today...I'm surprised they haven't arrived yet. Well I got in the stadium a little earlier and just waited for the Jackals. Because it took so long to get my guys, I missed getting the Bears. I wanted to get the Bears after the game so I was hoping the game wouldn't be too much longer than 3 hours because I had a bus to catch. I had to end up leaving at the start of the 9th...I was a little bummed I couldn't get Leyritz on his final game and new coach Ozzie Canseco. I did get a foul ball early in the game. And here's the autos I got:

Ramon Nivar 2/2 (He was pretty amused when I told him he was still listed on the Bears inactive list)Myron Leslie 1/1Ed Ott 1/1

How's the weather for you guys? I'm not liking it right now, been very odd. We felt the earthquake that hit Virginia (I'm from NJ) a couple days ago. I don't mind that, it was kinda cool, but now we are getting a hurricane! Of course this hurricane has to hit when I want to goto Mets games! Irene's supposed to hit early Sunday but they are shutting down buses and trains in NY around noon tomorrow. It appears Saturday's game is postponed (along with Sunday of course) so at least I can still go whenever it may be rescheduled. BUT there's another game I'm more concerned about. Monday I'll be seeing my Marlins play the Mets and I'm really hoping everything will be up and running by Monday morning. I'm gonna need to do a little praying. Anyway thanks for viewing guys.

Hey guys. First I hope everyone affected by Irene is safe. It really wrecked some areas in NC and VA and not as much in NJ and NY. Luckily it wasn't flooded by me at all. Well buses and subways were good to go for this morning so I'm on my way to Citi. Let's see how many people actually make it to this one. Wish me luck, especially with the Marlins!

On my way home from the Bears/Boulders game. I had one of my better autograph days there. Didn't even know this but there was a man from the Negro Leagues throwing out the first pitch and signed my ticket. So here's what I got:

I'm on my way home from the Mets/Braves doubleheader. Regarding autographs I had a pretty bad day compared to my other ones. I only got 4 autos but my last one was a great one. I got there a little later than I wanted. When I arrived, no one else was there. I figured there may be a few there at most but I didn't actually think it would be just me. The bad thing for me is I don't know some of these players faces too well.

I only got 2 players:

Herrera on my custom 8x10 (I was lucky I identified him right, said his name at the last possible second)Bay 2/2

I was surprised I got someone inside, let alone a future HOFer.

Chipper Jones sweet spot! Got him 3 years ago and he still hasn't changed. Will get pics up later. Thanks for reading.

Forgot to mention a couple things. I was the only person there when R.A. Dickey arrived. I called for him and wouldn't even sign for just me. I mean he signs, he's not like Mike Pelfrey or Ronny Paulino who doesn't even acknowledge you. I hope I can get Dickey on my 8x10 before the year's over...As for the other thing, Roger McDowell is on the Braves staff. I needed to get him on my 86 Mets 8x10. Before the 2nd game of the doubleheader, he was walking past me and I was trying to show him my 8x10 and I definitely thought he'd sign it. A minute later he was walking back over to the dugout. Keep in mind I am 2 feet away from him and there's another guy by me trying to help me and get his attention. I try calling his name but didn't stop to sign for me. It's stuff like that that gets me bummed sometimes. Getting autos for a project is tough and depending on the player, you don't know the next time you'll get another chance.

Thanks Silly. Today I tried before the Mets/Cubs game for some autos. I mainly went because of the former Mets from 10 years ago and the fact that it was an ESPN game. I wanna start off by saying that R.A. Dickey was on the same subway car as I. Yes the same Dickey that I've had difficulty with signing my darn team piece. I shook his hand and figured I'd get him to sign it after we got off at Citi but he got off at a different spot...

Anyway it was a pretty good day getting autos for me. I added Capuano, Dale Thayer, Josh Satin, Val Pascucci and Tim Byrdak (nope no Dickey, it's getting laughable at this point) to my custom photo and got a card signed by Mookie. Only Cub we saw was Ramon Ortiz, I got him on 2 cards. I didn't see any notable people from ESPN...so no Hershiser unfortunately. As for the former Mets:

John Franco didn't sign too much and it was a MOB for Piazza, didn't sign much either. One of the worst crowds I've seen. I didn't notice Darryl Hamilton and I didn't bring anything for Matt Franco. I also forgot to get my card(s) for Trachsel! I will upload the pics tomorrow. Thanks for reading.

Today I went for the Nationals team and was hoping to add Davey Johnson or Ray Knight to my 86 piece....it was awful. We didn't see many players and there weren't many that signed. All I got was Chien-Ming Wang...just avoided getting shutout.

Wang 1/2

Some players didn't sign, like Strasburg, Zimmerman and Desmond etc. Wasn't able to get Alex Cora and Nix. Just not a good day for me at all. Well thanks for looking.